Can it kill?

[Beeblebrox.420]

Incidentally, just for those who are curious, we can derive a more reasonable amount weed needed for an LD-50 dose. According to this MSDS for tetrahydrocannabinol, the LD-50 for rats is 666 mg/kg of body weight. If we extrapolate that to humans (probably not terribly accurate, but good enough for a first-order approximation), it would require a 200-pound man (91 kg) to ingest 60,606 mg of THC. The very best weed out there is about 27% THC b.w., which means he'd have to eat 224 grams or nearly a half pound of the stuff. While this may seem low, remember we're extrapolating from rat data, so the actual number for humans may be much higher, and this is also assuming 100% efficiency at extracting the THC during digestion, which would not be the case in reality. I suspect that much roughage would cause considerable gastric upset which would drastically lower the extraction efficiency, as well. I've never heard of anyone eating that much weed at once, in any case. LD-50 data for smoking is not available and would likely be very different from oral ingestion.

[BUZz UK]

More people die each year from peanut allergies.

damn you peanuts!

why don't the government do anything to stop this terrible peanut death epidemic?!

if you want peanuts made illegal, go to www.stonersagainstpeanuts.com and bring the fight to the nuts!

[koshea]

rofl eat a half pound of 27% THC bud? r u jokin lol that would be about $2500 worth of bud

[Beeblebrox.420]

Well, I never said anyone would!

[ezjim]

Uhhh I got a serious question....my mom smokes marijuana and she's been doin it for about 3 yrs so I'm thinking about starting but before I start I just wanna know....can weed kill me?

in over 5000 yrs of marijuana history NO ONE has ever died from OVER DOSE OF MARIJUANA . now thats not to say no one ever got to stoned and walked in front of a car or had some other stupidity related accident but there is no way humanly possable to overdose from weed just remember the first few times you smoke it to just take 1 or2 hits then wait about 10 minutes to see how you react to it good luck and enjoy.... our minions are growing

[Beeblebrox.420]

in over 5000 yrs of marijuana history NO ONE has ever died from OVER DOSE OF MARIJUANA.

He isn't asking about just overdosing, and there are other ways to die by ingestion of a substance, other than ODing. See my other posts. I agree the risk is extremely minimal, but saying weed never killed anyone, ever, and never will is just as bad as the government saying weed makes everyone crazy and kill people.

[ezjim]

He isn't asking about just overdosing, and there are other ways to die by ingestion of a substance, other than ODing. See my other posts. I agree the risk is extremely minimal, but saying weed never killed anyone, ever, and never will is just as bad as the government saying weed makes everyone crazy and kill people.

sorry dude i missed the post you had put up but it is true that cannibis has never caused an OD death but as i said in my post it has caused accidental deaths from walking in front of cars ect. i actually saw this happen in sanfrancisca at the warfield theater after the show this guy who was a lil bit to stoned walked right in front of a tractor trailer on market street and was killed instantly any way im sorry if my response to his ? was not clear or was misunderstood it was hot as hell at work today and that combined with the post 420 activity my brain isnt firing on all cylinders

[Fengzi]

sorry dude i missed the post you had put up but it is true that cannibis has never caused an OD death but as i said in my post it has caused accidental deaths from walking in front of cars ect. i actually saw this happen in sanfrancisca at the warfield theater after the show this guy who was a lil bit to stoned walked right in front of a tractor trailer on market street and was killed instantly any way im sorry if my response to his ? was not clear or was misunderstood it was hot as hell at work today and that combined with the post 420 activity my brain isnt firing on all cylinders

Wow, the Warfield. I haven't been there in years. Not since seeing JGB back in '95. Seeing shows there was always so bizzare. It was totally cool inside but once you stepped out the door you go from Dead Head peace love and happiness to urban blight . That section of market street is always a bit of a downer. Nothing but shady strip joints, pawn shops, and frequently schitzophrenic homeless people. I never tripped or shroomed at a Warfield show simply because I didn't want to deal with the post show bummer once we got out of the venue.

Sorry to get of topic. This just brought back some memories.

[orangeman]

Thx so...my mom wont die from it and I wont . And a couple of people were right I wasnt talking about over dosage I read in a book and every drug had death listed in the over dosage section besides marijuana so I was really talking about long term effect. And sorry for those that didnt feel like answering me but did it any ways I googled my question first and didnt come up with accurate results so I came here thanks everyone!

[Beeblebrox.420]

Cool, man. There may be some long-term health effects, particularly in the lungs, but hell, life will kill you eventually.